Round out your SFR vinyl collection at these new recession-n-bailout-friendly prices!

Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:49 pm

futuristxen

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Location: Tighten Your Bible Belt

Act now!

Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:33 am

Sage FrancisSelf Fighteous

Joined: 30 Jun 2002
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hahahaaa

nice

Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:08 pm

knowrites

Joined: 05 Apr 2007
Posts: 2060

sales like this make me wish i had a better job!
if i come into a sudden shower of money within the next week or so, i'll be partaking in this event.

Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:07 pm

Sage FrancisSelf Fighteous

Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 21654

It's startling how vinyl has taken an even bigger hit after the digital revolution. I figured if turntable owning folk wanted to purchase a physical product they would go for vinyl. Apparently less and less people own turntables. Not only that, but a lot of people who own turntables are opting to spin MP3s. So they're not going for 12"s the way they used to. 12"s were a huge part of hiphop right up until a few years ago. It's now at a point where we have to limit our vinyl output by a LOT.

I know there's been talk about how it has "helped" vinyl sales but I call hogwash on that. For indie artists it's absolutely not true. Yes, big chains started selling classic (non-hiphop) albums on vinyl. We'll see how long that lasts.

Anyway...dems my thoughts. And this is why we're holding a vinyl sale. We're trying to kick start some sales on items that sell reasonably well in all other formats.

Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:25 pm

mortalthoughtsLAME KID

Joined: 12 Dec 2002
Posts: 11616
Location: MI

do you guys still use the same distrabution as when the french kiss 7'' out?

i go record shoping on whims and was pleasently pleased to find the french kiss record when it came out

i havent seen anything sfr there since

Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:53 pm

BKGSP

Joined: 09 Jul 2002
Posts: 2354

Long live the vinyl record....f Serato

Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:07 pm

Sage FrancisSelf Fighteous

Joined: 30 Jun 2002
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mortalthoughts wrote: do you guys still use the same distrabution as when the french kiss 7'' out?

i go record shoping on whims and was pleasently pleased to find the french kiss record when it came out

i havent seen anything sfr there since

That is so so so odd. Because the Frenchkiss vinyl came out in the UK and it was an import. An extremely limited release. However, it was released at a time when vinyl had a bit more demand and there were more indie outlets.

Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:25 pm

mortalthoughtsLAME KID

Joined: 12 Dec 2002
Posts: 11616
Location: MI

well record time in roseville michigan had it(www.recordtime.com)

call em and tell em you want sfr to have its own section
theyre all some cool people that work up there

Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:29 pm

mortalthoughtsLAME KID

Joined: 12 Dec 2002
Posts: 11616
Location: MI

vinyl sales have dropped that much for you guys in the last6 or so years?

** if you dont mind my asking that is

Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:30 pm

frunch66

Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 354

it was sad to see that b dolan and prolyphic/ reanimator didn't have their full lengths on vinyl, but at least there were singles for both.

Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:37 pm

Sage FrancisSelf Fighteous

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Posts: 21654

frunch66 wrote: it was sad to see that b dolan and prolyphic/ reanimator didn't have their full lengths on vinyl, but at least there were singles for both.

Almost every full song from The Failure appears on the Live Evel EP. So I don't think that's too sad.

However, there isn't a single label in the world that can press vinyl when it's clear that the indie stores that would typically hold this vinyl are shutting down left and right. And the reason why is "indie" fans are not going to stores to purchase this product. They ARE purchasing items online when they can find it, but we've also lost online outlets who are willing to sell vinyl. The SFRstore sells pretty well but our store is only one outlet. Pressing up vinyl is not an easy or cheap process, neither is mailing it out, so we're kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place here.

I'd love to release every item we have on vinyl, but we'd find ourselves in an early grave if we did everything we wanted to based on hopes.

Vinyl sales have dropped everywhere over the past few years. Not just with us. And there are many reasons as to why. But we're going to keep making certain items available on vinyl out of love for the format.

Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:48 pm

mortalthoughtsLAME KID

Joined: 12 Dec 2002
Posts: 11616
Location: MI

personally i like to buy vinyl from a record store but thats probably just me
i also dont buy digital albums online or bootleg much,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:50 pm

Sage FrancisSelf Fighteous

Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 21654

Personally I like to have stores that will hold our vinyl. But there aren't many left.

Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:11 pm

brzo

Joined: 02 Aug 2002
Posts: 157
Location: outside Providence

The cost of pressing a quality-packaged vinyl these days is truly out of control.

That said, I still don't own an mp3 player...I'm disillusioned that the "cavepeople" among us can't save this format.

The physicality of owning an object with large pictures emblazoned on it is far more enticing than spending my shit-job wages on a file which can be culled out of the ether and will disappear once the Zombie Apocalypse rears up.

It sucks when you have to move, but exercise is a good thing.

Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:19 am

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